It is possible to assign icons to domains. Such icons are displayed in Adlib in lists of retrieved keys (in the Search wizard and the Linked record search screen), and in the search result on a brief display screen for an authority file, in front of the term from that domain. You could use this functionality to emphasize terms from certain domains, for easier recognition of those terms. It is probably not a good idea though, to link icons to all domains, because that would more likely cause visual chaos.

 

 

You need an icon (a special image file with the extension .ico *) for each domain that you wish to indicate this way. Store each .ico file with the name of the domain it belongs to (not case-sensitive), in the application directory.
The names of domains (the so-called neutral values) can be found through the Application browser. Open the \data folder and select the domain field in the desired authority file, e.g. term.type (do) in the thesau, or name.type (do) in the people database, and switch to the Enumeration values tab for a list of all neutral values.

 

 

To obtain the screenshots on this Help page, three icons were placed in the \standard folder of a Museum Plus application. The icons were named: OBJECT.ico (the yellow key, which represents the domain object name here), TECHN.ico (the grey gears, which represent the domain technique here), and geokeyw.ico (the orange flag, which represents the domain geographical keyword here).

 

 

* Icons can be created in professional graphics software or specialized icon designer programs. If you want to have a try at it yourself, you could download some shareware for this purpose. But for professional icons you'll probably need a graphical designer to do it for you. Alternatively, you can search the internet for ready-made icons.